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<blockquote data-quote="Wheel Gun" data-source="post: 2511403" data-attributes="member: 19286"><p>Back in the 50's, the DoD needed a foolproof way to send launch instructions to missile silos. This system needed to work even after/during a nuclear attack by the Russkies. They hired the RAND Corporation to figure it out. Several ideas were considered, including the takeover of AM radio waves/stations to send the messages. But, eventually RAND's egg heads determined that the typical Ma Bell analog telephone circuit communications could not work. Once that analog circuit was cut, it was unrecoverable and you had to start messaging all over again.</p><p></p><p>So, RAND invented digital packet communications. Using digital codes, a message packet could be given a destination address and be sent on its way. If it got interrupted, it could hunt around for different routes to get there and ultimately be reassembled into the original message (i.e., "Launch now!") This ultimately became the TCP/IP protocol--the backbone protocol of the internet. The rest is history.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wheel Gun, post: 2511403, member: 19286"] Back in the 50's, the DoD needed a foolproof way to send launch instructions to missile silos. This system needed to work even after/during a nuclear attack by the Russkies. They hired the RAND Corporation to figure it out. Several ideas were considered, including the takeover of AM radio waves/stations to send the messages. But, eventually RAND's egg heads determined that the typical Ma Bell analog telephone circuit communications could not work. Once that analog circuit was cut, it was unrecoverable and you had to start messaging all over again. So, RAND invented digital packet communications. Using digital codes, a message packet could be given a destination address and be sent on its way. If it got interrupted, it could hunt around for different routes to get there and ultimately be reassembled into the original message (i.e., "Launch now!") This ultimately became the TCP/IP protocol--the backbone protocol of the internet. The rest is history. [/QUOTE]
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